Life — September 26, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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HE New York Sun ought to watch out. It should give its dramatic critic a good spanking. Otherwise it may be compelled to discharge him, and, in addition to that, make some very abject apolo- gies. It won't do for a daily newspaper to let its dram; critic tell the whole truth Complete truth-telling is likely to mean a loss of advertising pat- ronage; also a loss of deadhead the- atre tickets dear to the editorial heart and convenient to use for the repayment of social and business obligations. Listen to these gobs of what sounds like truth, and note that they are written in a daily newspaper about a play ata Trust theatre: Handicapped severely by Miss Margaret Hlington in the leading part, it yet succeeded in holding the at And Miss M: Mlington isa rer tain to curtain aret Ilington played Marie! Miss rkably striking woman to look upon, She has a carriage, a figure worthy of marble immor tality, but sheis only mildly and ineff She has never done anything to justify her elevation part as this. ‘There are a dozen women on today who could play it far better, It is not only the k fully to tell at its true worth, fully to grip the attention and F this part b tively anactress to such part of the drama, but for the ply the emotions, it is absolutely essential that acted by a woman of skill and emotional effectiveness Miss Ith band were as innocently ineffective as if she had been a heroine of New England fiction. How Nazimova would have done that! Her pleas for mercy and giveness left the beholder wxton has ncither, Her wovings of he Id and unmoved. How Miss Anglin would have done that! Her outburst of every one in the last act was How Mrs 1 confession befo neither thrilling nor morally significant Fiske would have done that! Are such comparisons unkind, “The Thiet” is a product of the It might be here, as well as the allant, odious? nest, Parisian stage technique. kiven it, picked solely with a desire for artis! ‘The comparisons are inevitable Nobody has ever climbed up to the top of the Flat, ad proclaimed that re than a nodding of Miss Mling iron Building with a megaphone Kyrle Bellew, a had m acquaintance with nature, Yet A acte ton, he was naturalness itself Does the Sw know what it is talking about when it says Miss Margaret Illington “has never done anything to justify her ele- vation to a part like thi Is the Sua unaware that Miss Ilington married Mr. Daniel Frohman, who man the Lyceum Theatre where “The Thief” is playing? And that Mr. Daniel Frohman has done a lot of unpleasant things to oblige the The- trical Managers’ Association of Greater Sew York? And that the Theatrical Managers’ Asso- ion, through the Hon. Timothy Drydol lar Sullivan, practically controls the New * 4b MEE York State Legislature in all matters con- cerning theatrical legislation ? And that the Theatrical Managers’ Asso- ciation, established for the glorification of Mr. Abraham Lincoln Erlanger, is potent— through his brother, Mr. Justice Mitchell Erlanger, of the Supreme Court—among the judges who administer justice in New York ? Has the Sun gone daft? Has it no favors to ask of the Legislature? Has it no libel suits to defend in the New York courts? Has it no regard for its the- atrical advertising? Do its proprietors want their free theatre seats cut off ? The Sun has placed itself in parlous case. If it has not already been compelled to do 30, it should dispense with the services of a critic who dares tell what seems to him the truth. It doesn’t make any difference that in the cause of dramatic art the critic has dared to say that managerial influence has placed an incompetent person in a position which might have been far better filled by many women on the stage who are strug in vain for a chance to display real ability ‘This is an age of “ pull,”’ and the Sun is wise enough to know that it is a mistake to let truth have a chanc Lire is sorry for the Sun, It is sorrier for the critic who dared to write that criticism of Miss Margaret Illington, At the next meeting of the ‘Theatrical Managers’ Ass ciation Mr. Daniel Frohman will probably offer and have passed a resolution excluding the Sun man from the theatres and thereby depriving him of his means of making a live- lihood. The dramatic critic of the New York Sw would do well to prepare himself to live on the dict of peanuts and pumpernickel pre- scribed by the ‘Theatrical Trust for truth- telling critics. Metcalfe, 4 {cademyo} Music—New and elaborated production of “Salomy Jane,” with Eleanor Robson anda capable company “The Gallopers” meet the prevalent demand Bijou Builder.” Casino— musicated and chorus girled to Funny Mme, Nazimova in Ibsen's “The Master Notice later. The Lady from Lane's.” Really funny American comedy with musical setting. Criterion—"The — Dairymaids.” English musical play of the Gaiety type. the usual standard of refinement s—"The Great Divide.” with \ Anglin and Mr. Henry Miller in the le Interesting emotional play of American li Empire—"My Wife.” Agreeable French origin with Mr, John Drew and Gerrick—Mr. Francis Wilson as the starin" When Knights Were Bold.” Amusing horse: play Hackett—"The Struggle Exerlasting.” with Flor Notice later. Conventional Not up to ence Roberts 367 Herald Square—" Anna Karénina.” Russiau life as pictured by Tolstoi and interpr by Virginia Harned and Mr. John Mason and interesting Hip podrome— Last year's gorgcous spectacle with added new features Keith and Proctor's Theatres vaudeville. Knickerbocker—" Mile Fritai Scheff as the s Lyric—Mr. James O'Neill in“ Virginius.” See opposite. fed dramatically Stock companies aml Modiste,"” with charming Musical and clever Medison Square—"'The Man on the Case American farce. Very light and laughable Majestic—"'The Spell." Ne West End—Van Den Be repertory of light operas The Dachs Te GH lowly is his walk in life, As any one can see, ‘The Dachshund is a well-bred dog Of lofty pedigree ‘That he was ‘neath a bureau born Is legendary lore, For long ere bureaus came in style, ‘The Dachshund had the floor ce later era Company in like his lineage, Is very, very long, And, yet, he needs but four short legs His body, To carry it along. Yet, should one all his canine charms In rhythmic lines rehearse, *Twould take more feet than a centipede’s ‘To get them into verse His glossy coat, his clear bright eye, His long sharp tail and nose, Are but a few patrician points His portrait doth disclose. And yet his most endearing trait Is not so plain to view, "Tis hidden in his loyal heart Affection, deep and truc Julia Harries Bult comicbooks.com